Patents Assigned to Global Technologies LLC
  • Patent number: 8916640
    Abstract: Blended polyolefin dispersions, including: (A) a liquid; (B) an olefin-based polymer dispersed in the liquid, the dispersed olefin-based polymer having an average particle size ranging from 0.1 to 5 microns; and (C) an alpha-beta unsaturated carboxylic acid-based polymer dispersed in the liquid, the dispersed alpha-beta unsaturated carboxylic acid-based polymer having an average particle size ranging from 0.02 microns to 1 micron. Coatings, froths, foams, toners, and other various uses for the blended dispersions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Mark W. VanSumeren, Ronald Wevers, Charles F. Diehl, Gary M. Strandburg, Brad M. Moncla, Kevin D. Maak
  • Patent number: 8915030
    Abstract: The present invention is premised upon a photovoltaic device suitable for directly mounting on a structure. The device includes an active portion including a photovoltaic cell assembly having a top surface portion that allows transmission of light energy to a photoactive portion of the photovoltaic device for conversion into electrical energy and a bottom surface having a bottom bonding zone; and an inactive portion immediately adjacent to and connected to the active portion, the inactive portion having a region for receiving a fastener to connect the device to the structure and having on a top surface, a top bonding zone; wherein one of the top and bottom bonding zones comprises a first bonding element and the other comprises a second bonding element, the second bonding element designed to interact with the first bonding element on a vertically overlapped adjacent photovoltaic device to bond the device to such adjacent device or to the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Michelle L. Boven, James R. Keenihan, Stan Lickly, Claude Brown, Jr., Robert J. Cleereman, Timothy C. Plum
  • Patent number: 8915082
    Abstract: An engine is described having an engine control unit and two or more hydraulically operated wheels, wherein a fluid is flowed from an accumulator to the engine via the first wheel to assist in acceleration of the turbocharger in response to an acceleration signal from the engine control system and wherein the fluid is flowed from the engine to the accumulator via the second wheel to decelerate the turbocharger in response to a deceleration signal from the engine control unit. In one particular embodiment, the second wheel absorbs energy from the turbocharger in response to the deceleration signal from the engine control unit to decelerate the turbocharger. In some embodiments, the hydraulically operated wheels may be positioned on the same shaft of, and between, the turbine and compressor of the turbocharger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Harold Huimin Sun, David R. Hanna, Michael Levin, Eric Warren Curtis, F. Zafar Shaikh
  • Patent number: 8915530
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of manufacturing vehicle frame assemblies. Some of the disclosed methods include forming a key and receptor arrangement between an interconnecting member, having a first material composition, and a cross-member, having a second material composition; attaching the interconnecting member and cross-member via the key and receptor arrangement at one location; inserting the interconnecting member and cross-member in a side rail; and welding the interconnecting member to the side rail at another location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Anthony Wagner, Michael M. Azzouz, Ari Garo Caliskan, Yuksel Gur, Sunil K. Kasaragod, Xiaoming Chen, John Edward Huber, Parameswararao Pothuraju, Jeffery Wallace
  • Patent number: 8916649
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of producing an ethylene polymer composition in multiple stages, of which the first stage is preferably a slurry polymerization stage, in the presence of a catalyst system, comprising: a) a solid catalyst precursor, comprising a transition metal selected from titanium and vanadium; magnesium; a halide, optionally an electron donor; and a solid particulate material comprising an inorganic oxide, and wherein the median particle diameter, D50, of the solid catalyst precursor, based upon the total volume of solid catalyst precursor, is from 1 to 13 micrometers; and b) an organoaluminium compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Patrick J. C. Schouterden, Ruddy A. J. Nicasy, Sarat Munjal, Robert J. Jorgesen, Burkhard E. Wagner
  • Patent number: 8916669
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide for a method of producing a silylated polyoxyalkylene polymer having at least one crosslinkable silyl group and at least one hydroxyl group in each molecule. The method comprises providing a polyoxyalkylene polymer having at least one unsaturated group and at least one alcoholic hydroxyl group in each molecule, wherein the polyoxyalkylene polymer includes an impurity double metal cyanide complex mixed therein, and wherein the polyoxyalkylene polymer has not been treated with a metal-coordinating compound; and adding to the polyoxyalkylene polymer a compound having a hydrogen-silicon bond and a crosslinkable silyl group in each molecule and a hydrosilylation catalyst to thereby carry out a hydrosilylation reaction, wherein the hydrosilyation reaction is performed in an absence of a metal-coordinating compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ling Zhang, Daniel A. Aguilar, Debkumar Bhattacharjee, William A. Koonce, Basudeb Saha
  • Patent number: 8918253
    Abstract: An active vehicle suspension system includes an active damping mechanism operatively coupled to a vehicle wheel and configured for controlling a damping force applied to the wheel responsive to a control signal. A controller is operatively coupled to the damping mechanism and configured for generating a control signal to the damping mechanism responsive to velocity of the wheel in a downward vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Russ Lee Norton, Benjamin Bulat, Greg Gregory Suter, Albert Chenouda Salib, David Michael Russell, Uwe Hoffmann, Marc Suermann
  • Patent number: 8916655
    Abstract: Epoxy resin compositions utilizing phosphazene blocked azole compounds as curing catalyst are provided. Also provided are epoxy resins cured with phosphazene blocked azole compounds and methods of making cured epoxy resins using curing catalysts of phosphazene blocked azole compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Journey Lu Zhu, Ping Shao Ren, Shaoguang Feng
  • Patent number: 8915070
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable storage media are described in which exhaust gas is routed to a hydrocarbon retaining device during starting, and purged to the engine intake manifold. Various alternative approaches are described for controlling operation and diagnosing degradation. Further, various interrelated configurations are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael James Uhrich, Shane Elwart, James Michael Kerns, Jason Aaron Lupescu
  • Patent number: 8915065
    Abstract: In one example, a method of operating an engine having a diesel particulate filter in a vehicle, the particulate filter having a length and depth, includes performing particulate filter regeneration in response to temperature variation across the length and/or depth of the particulate filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Avra Brahma, Michiel van Nieuwstadt
  • Patent number: 8916667
    Abstract: An ethylene-based polymer, which is a low density polyethylene (LDPE), obtained by free radical polymerization of ethylene, and wherein the LDPE has a GPC parameter “LSP” less than 1.60. An ethylene-based polymer that comprises the following features: a) at least 0.1 amyl groups per 1000 total carbon atoms; b) a melt index of 0.01 to 0.3; c) a z-average molecular weight of Mz (conv.) of greater than 350,000 g/mol and less than 425,000 g/mol; d) a gpcBR value from 1.50 to 2.05, and e) a MWD(conv) [Mw(conv)/Mn(conv)] from 6 to 9. An ethylene-based polymer that comprises the following features: a) at least 0.1 amyl groups per 1000 total carbon atoms; b) a melt viscosity ratio (V0.1/V100), at 190° C., greater than, or equal to, 58; c) a melt viscosity at 0.1 rad/s, 190° C., greater than, or equal to, 40,000 Pa·s, and d) a gpcBR value from 1.50 to 2.25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Teresa P. Karjala, Lori L. Kardos, Wallace W. Yau, Jose Ortega, Alfred E. Vigil, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8918242
    Abstract: Various embodiments include tools and methods for diagnosing connected services in a vehicle. Communication with a vehicle computing system in a vehicle may be established. A diagnostic connection to a diagnostics server may also be established. Vehicle information and diagnostic data from one or more connected services may be received from the vehicle computing system and transmitted via a diagnostic connection to the diagnostics server. A connected services diagnostic status for the vehicle may be determined based on the vehicle information and the diagnostic data. The connected services diagnostic status may be received from the server and output to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Henry Thomas Ubik, Patrick Joseph Dwan, David M. DiMeo
  • Publication number: 20140371987
    Abstract: An automotive vehicle steering wheel having at least one touch screen display associated therewith is disclosed. The touch screen display is configured to: (i) display interactive icons, each indicative of an associated vehicle functionality, (ii) receive selective input from a vehicle driver touching the icons to control said associated functionality; and (iii) selectively display passive information directed to the operation of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventor: John Rober Van Wiemeersch
  • Publication number: 20140370191
    Abstract: A method for making a composite polyamide membrane including the steps of applying a polyfunctional amine monomer and polyfunctional acyl halide monomer to a surface of the porous support and interfacially polymerizing the monomers to form a thin film polyamide layer, wherein the method is includes at least one of the following steps: i) conducting the interfacial polymerization in the presence of a subject monomer comprising at least one carboxylic acid group linked to an aromatic moiety and wherein the aromatic moiety is further substituted with at least one of an acyl halide or anhydride functional group and ii) applying the subject monomer to the thin film polyamide layer. The invention includes many additional embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Steven Rosenberg, Steven D. Jons, Joseph D. Koob, Mou Paul, XiaoHua Qiu, Abhishek Roy, Chunming Zhang, Aman A. Desai
  • Publication number: 20140371985
    Abstract: A method for controlling an active suspension system of a vehicle during a curb parking operation, so as to position a portion of the vehicle on a street and a portion of the vehicle on a curb. The method includes steps of activating a curb parking function of the active suspension system, acquiring inputs pertinent to the curb parking operation, and determining, by a controller, if a curb parking operation is feasible for the vehicle. If a curb parking operation is deemed infeasible, an operator of the vehicle is notified that the curb parking operation is infeasible. If a curb parking operation is deemed feasible, actuatable elements of the active suspension system are controlled to facilitate curb parking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Eric H. Tseng, Davor Hrovat, Jianbo Lu, Mitch McConnell, Matthias Dehmel, Michael Seemann, Fredrick V. Owens
  • Publication number: 20140371501
    Abstract: A process for dehydrogenating alkane or alkylaromatic compounds comprising contacting the given compound and a dehydrogenation catalyst in a fluidized bed. The dehydrogenation catalyst is prepared from an at least partially deactivated platinum/gallium catalyst on an alumina-based support that is reconstituted by impregnating it with a platinum salt solution, then calcining it at a temperature from 400° C. to 1000° C., under conditions such that it has a platinum content ranging from 1 to 500 ppm, based on weight of catalyst; a gallium content ranging from 0.2 to 2.0 wt %; and a platinum to gallium ratio ranging from 1:20,000 to 1:4. It also has a Pt retention that is equal to or greater than that of a fresh catalyst being used in a same or similar catalytic process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Lin Luo, Devon C. Rosenfeld, Andrzej M. Malek
  • Publication number: 20140367029
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a unique composition and method for promoting adhesion of substrates to adhesives. The solution comprises a water based primer composition comprising: a) a hydrosylate of one or more alkoxysilyl amine; b) a surfactant; c) an organotitanate, organozirconate, or combinations thereof; d) optionally a fluorescing compound; and e) water. Preferably the organotitanate or organozirconate correspond to formula (I): wherein M is titanium or zirconium and R8 comprises hydrocarbyl ligands, which may optionally contain one or more heteroatoms comprising oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur or phosphorus, optionally two or more of R8 may combine to form a cyclic ring structure. Preferably the composition and method of the invention can be used to bond glass or plastic coated with an abrasion resistant coating, in particular a window for a vehicle, to other substrates such as metal or plastics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Stefan Schmatloch
  • Publication number: 20140370160
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pouch for holding a fresh produce item and a method. The pouch includes (A) a body composed of at least one flexible multilayer film having a haze value less than 20%. The body further includes a front wall, a rear wall, and a gusset panel that form a closed chamber. (B) The gusset panel includes a rim. (C) A fresh produce item is located in the closed chamber. (D) The pouch has a chamber-to-rim ratio (mm) from 6:1 to 200:1. At least a portion of at least one wall is transparent permitting a person to see the fresh produce item in the pouch. The method includes displaying the fresh produce item through at least one of the front wall or the rear wall at a chamber-to-rim ratio from 6:1 to 200:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jill M. Martin, Haley Lowry, James F. Warner, Jihoon Kim, Thomas A. Herbert
  • Publication number: 20140369803
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to controlling a compressor. In one example, method of controlling a compressor comprises regulating a discharge capacity of the compressor via a control current supplied to a control device, holding the control current supplied to the control device at substantially zero amperes for a first duration, and stepping the control current from substantially zero amperes to a sustainable current that provides a sustainable level of a performance parameter of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Dashwood Crisp, Mike Rowland, Peter Douglas Kuechler
  • Publication number: 20140367980
    Abstract: An automotive vehicle fascia assembly is provided. The fascia assembly includes a bumper cover and an impact sensor assembly attached to, without mechanically fastening, the bumper cover. The sensor assembly includes a housing configured to selectively rotate from a first position to a second position, a sensor disposed within the housing, and a wall preventing access to the sensor when the housing is in the first position. The sensor is accessible when the housing is in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jayagopal Appukutty, Steven Yellin Schondorf, Erich Kemnitz